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-Bella's PoV- -Chapter 10- "Thirst"

"It shouldn't be long now Jasper, just listen to her heart." I heard Peter say. 'OhmyGod! OhmyGod! Is it really almost over? God please! I can't wait I can't wait!' For the last few... Hours? Minutes? God I didn't even know how much time has passed since the silence started.
I tried to entertain myself by counting the seconds, but the little voice in my head quickly pushed that aside and started conjuring up images of what I should do with Jasper as soon as I wake up.
From chaste kisses to... one of me in a very compromising position, naked, begging for him to take me. The voice was quite worried Jasper would be too much of a gentleman to claim me right after waking up.

Apparently I am crazier than I thought. At some point during the last few hours, while I have been changing, my little voice of reason started changing as well, it's quite hard to explain without the wish of having myself committed. I will be the first crazy Vampire, I bet I will be freaking clumsy too. 'Silly Bella.' The little voice cooed and kept of sending me images, making me groan, well in my mind at least.

Something was wrong with the voice and the hot images that it was sending me. My imagination was never that good, not even my freaking dreams were that good. And the worst thing was that I didn't freaking want to see the images and yet they kept coming.
How could I possibly explain that? My conscience thinks for itself and has secret agendas, one that involves getting me to have sex with my mate? Whenever it's not giving me advice it keeps streaming porn in my head? I shouldn't complain so much I suppose, it did help me ignore the silence and the time endlessly stretching.

I started paying attention to the room again, Jasper asked everyone to leave. The little voice purred, happy for being alone with Jasper. My heart felt like it was trying to burst out of my chest, the beating was so loud too, every other sound was drowned by it. The images stopped and right after that my heart beat for the last time.

It's finally over! I couldn't believe it. I was nervous and a little afraid, but then I remembered who was in the room with me. I felt his hands leaving my arm slowly and I took my first breath as a Vampire. It was amazing, actually amazing is not enough to describe this feeling, there are no adjectives for it. I could smell everything, the denim sheets underneath me, the bookcase somewhere to my right, but most importantly, Jasper. His scent was so much better now.

"Bella?" He said softly. The sound of his voice made me gasp and open my eyes, I was looking up at the ceiling and had to blink a few times to help my eyes adjust, I could see everything. The dust swirling around, the light coming from the windows, it was amazing.
"Bella darlin'? Can you hear me?" I said again and I sat up. As soon as the thought came I was up. It was so fast it startled me. I turned my head towards the sound of his voice and found his eyes. 'OhmyGod!' I could just drown in them, I could sit here looking into them until the Sun dies. Though having a peek at his body wouldn't be a bad idea.

I let my eyes travel down and God he is the most beautiful, hot, sexy man I have ever seen.
My human memory of him is nothing compared to this. Then I saw his scars. I hissed and my vision turned red. 'What. The. Fuck. Who did this to him? Why?'I was too angry to care about how incredibly sexy they made him look. Powerful, strong, dangerous, deadly. The little voice in my head hissed at me, making me focus again on the possibility of danger. I couldn't remember hearing anyone fighting. When did this happen?

He raised his hands slowly. "I am not going to hurt you Bella... I am sorry about my scars." He sounded so sad, it only made me more angry. "Your instincts are telling you to fear me but please, don't worry I promise I won't hurt you." His eyes were pleading. Fear him? I frowned, confused. What is he talking about? I shook my head and a second later I was standing in front of him. I could almost feel his body pressed against mine.

After making sure he was safe and letting him know I was able to hear everything that was said for the last three days and thanking him for saving me, he kissed me and God I was so wrong! Looking into his eyes until the Sun dies wouldn't be enough. Kissing him until then was a better idea. The scent of his arousal, his taste, the softness of his lips on mine, his tongue trying to dominate mine and explore every inch of my mouth, were the most incredible things in the world. I didn't want to stop, ever. Time stopped, there was nothing else but us, pressed against each other, the feeling of his hands on my body and his lips. I couldn't stop myself from moaning, my hands reached for his hair, pulling it, wanting more. Needingmore.

It was over too fast though. The little voice in my head was right, he was too much of a gentleman to claim me like this, but when I tried to step back, his instincts took over and he growled 'Mine' and reached out to press my back against his chest. His erection against my ass and his growl made my body feel things I had never felt before and I gasped, I was dizzy. Can Vampires get dizzy?
I wanted to rip his clothes off and claim him myself, but the little voice in my head told me I shouldn't try to overpower someone with that many scars without a plan.

He let go of me again to call Peter and the others back to the house. I couldn't wait to be alone with him again. He sat at the edge of the bed making me sit on his lap, his arms wrapped tightly around my waist and his head resting on my shoulder. We waited in silence and I didn't mind, I was just happy to feel him so close to me. There are so many things we need to talk about, questions to ask, but there is no rush, we have forever to do it.

-Jasper's PoV-

As soon as they entered our hearing range a soft growl started in our chests. We laughed and I held Bella tighter against me rubbing my nose on her neck. That helped a little but just until they were outside the room. Our bodies tensed as the door opened, Bella started rubbing the back of my head softly with her left hand trying to calm herself and me at the same time. It felt wonderful and made me forget about the two male Vampires just outside the door.

Peter, Charlotte, Garrett and Kate came into the room with her arms raised and slowly made their ways to the wall in front of us. I followed their every move with narrowed eyes, ready for any kind of threat. It was silly, a part of my brain knew they meant no harm for me or my mate but I couldn't stop myself. I glanced at Bella and she was doing the same. 'At least I'm not the only crazy one.'

I took a deep breath. "Bella darlin' let me introduce you. That is Peter and his wife and mate Charlotte. I am their Sire, like I said before it technically makes them your big brother and sister." Peter and Charlotte smiled at Bella and waved their hands a little. Bella smiled back. "It's good to finally meet you, thank you for all your help." She said softly.
"That is Garrett and his wife and mate Kate. They are from the Denali Coven. Technically they are your cousins. The Denalis are the extended family of the Cullens." They smiled and waved to Bella as well. Bella smiled back again.
"It is nice to meet you both as well. I am sorry you lost the bet Kate. If you want I can teach my big brother a little lesson on what happens to naughty boys that cheat." Bella winked at Kate and Peter grumbled under his breath while everyone else laughed.

"Feisty, aren't you Bella? We'll see about that lesson later." Peter raised a brow at her. After a few seconds and no reply from Bella I glanced at her and frowned as I noticed her eyes a shade darked and glistening, staring intently at her wrist.
"Bella?" I said softly and glanced at Peter feeling very panicky. Peter raised a hand and motioned me to wait for a moment.
"Jasper what is this?" Bella frowned poking her wrist. I couldn't see anything odd with it.
"What is what darlin'?" I glanced back at Peter who was staring intenly at Bella.

"It's like threads connected around our wrists. They shimmer in different colors but we are all connected by at least one." She moved her finger tips across her wrist. "Can't you see it? Oh God am I crazy?" Her eyes opened wide and she shifted a little on my lap then took a deep breath and closed her eyes. We all stayed silent. After a minute she opened her eyes again and frowned. "They are gone. I'm sorry... maybe I'm just seeing things." She said nervously.
"Bella?" Peter called for her attention. "You are not crazy or seeing things Bella. You have a gift, the threads you saw... well they signify the connections and bonds between each other. What color was tying you to Jasper?"

"Red. But you and Charlotte were connected by one red thread and Garrett and Kate too."
"Yes, well I believe that one was the mate bond. Another color must have been tying Charlotte, you and myself to Jasper as our Sire. As well as between all of us as members of the same extended Coven. You don't have to worry about it though, they are gone now and you should be able to gain control of your gift with a little practise." Peter explained slowly, trying to keep Bella calm. She wasn't upset though just curious, I couldn't say the same about myself. There was another Vampire with this gift. Not one Vampire has the exact same gift as another. that's what Carlisle always said.

"Peter." I choked and glanced back at him. He looked like he wanted to dissapear.
"Jasper please..." He said sounding very nervous, I could feel it too. They all were nervous and a little afraid. They were hiding something!
"Captain!" I barked making everyone jump a little in surprise, but I couldn't help myself. Peter was hiding something from me, something very important by the looks of it and I just couldn't have that, especially because it concerned my Bella.
"Major please wait. Bella needs to hunt?" He looked at Bella hopefully. That made me regain some sense and I turned my head to look at her.

"I'm sorry Bella, you are so composed I forget you just woke up. I will take you hunting and the pain will go away." I made her stand up and took her hand before raising to my feet.
She frowned looking at me and asked.
"What pain?" What was she talking about?
"What do you mean what pain?" I placed my hands on her shoulders. "The burning on your throat Bella? That is the thirst. It will go away once you have hunted, don't worry." She looked at me like I was crazy and took a hand to her throat, rubbing it softly.
"I don't feel anything in my throat Jasper... I don't understand. Am I supposed to be in pain?"

And then it hit us like a roller coaster, everyone but Bella gasped and glanced at each other. Last time Peter, Charlotte and I hunted was the day before we found Bella in the woods.
Four days ago, the thirst I should be feeling wouldn't be unbearable, I usually went over a week and a half between hunts but thirst should be there, as a constant reminder of what we are, as it had been for the last one hundred and fifty years. I hadn't even bothered to think about hunting in the last three days because of my Bella and now I felt like hunting but the burning in my throat wasn't there.

"Little sister?" Peter called softly for Bella. She was looking around the room, obviously confused by our gasps and the shocked expressions on our faces.
"Yes Peter?" She looked at him and I did the same, maybe this had to do with whatever he was hiding from me. Was Bella doing this? And if she was, how the fuck was she doing it?
"Little sister I need you to try to see the shimmering threads again. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and concentrate on the colors you saw before. It may take you a couple of tries but don't worry you will do great."

Bella did as Peter asked, for an hour she tried to see the threads again, no one was moving, we were not even breathing. I was getting ready to tell her to stop when she opened her eyes again and looked down at her wrist smiling.
"I see them now Peter." She poked the air around her wrist a few times.
"Bella I need you to look at Jasper's neck and tell me if you see a thread around it too."
She looked up at me and focused on my neck squinting her eyes.
"I do... it is very faint though and it doesn't really have a color, I just see a little shimmering around his neck." She glanced at everyone in the room. "You all have it too." She waved her hand a few inches in front of herself. "The threads are all coming towards me but they stop here." She pointed at the air two feet in front of her chest. She was doing this? She was stopping the thirst?

I sat down on the bed again. This was in a way more shocking that finding out Bella was my mate. Vampires felt the thirst always. It was our curse. How was she stopping it? And she didn't even know she was doing it until Peter asked her to look for a thread around my neck.
I felt sadness and guilt coming from my Bella and I frowned looking up at her.
"Bella darlin' what's wrong?" I stood up again and placed my hands on her shoulders.
"You are all mad at me...? I am sorry I don't know how I'm making the threads but I will try to control it soon and stop." She sounded so sad! Mad at her? 'What is she talking about?' Didn't she understand at all?

"Darlin' we couldn't be mad at you even if we tried. We are just shocked. The thirst Bella it's something all Vampires feel, always. And you darlin' somehow made it go away. It's the first time in over a hundred and fifty years that I don't feel thirsty Bella. You understand how it's a bit shocking?" She nodded her head slowly.
"Is that bad? I mean you said it hurts? Are you hurting still? I don't want you to hurt. Ever." She said softly and traced her fingertips on my neck.
"No darlin' it's not bad at all, if anything we should be thanking you and worshipping the floor you step on for making it go away. You don't understand..." I choked out. "Without the thirst, maybe the scent of human blood won't even bother us at all. You understand what I'm saying?" I cupped her face with my hands and made her look at me.

"Thank you, whatever you are doing, for as long as it lasts, it's the most amazing feeling after finding out that we belong together darlin' even if it was to stop right now." I hugged her tightly and glanced at the four Vampires by the wall. They had shocked expressions on their faces still and were rubbing their necks.
"You're welcome I guess... but i'm not really doing anything that I know off so no need to worship my anything." She said softly against my chest.
"Darlin' I would worship the air you breathe if I could catch it." That made her giggle.

I took a deep breath and held her at arms length again. "We still need to hunt darlin' even without the thirst, blood is our sustenance." I glanced at Peter and the others before adding.
"I will take her on a run for a couple of hours and then we will hunt. Pay attention to your throats and look at the clock when the thirst starts, if it does." They just nodded at me.
"Alright darlin' let's jump down." I moved towards the window and heard her gasp.
"Jump...? But Jasper can't we use the door?" I chuckled and shook my head.
"What would be the fun in that? Just come over here and pay attention to what I do."

I jumped down and looked at the window again. She was nervous so I sent her another weave of calm, she smiled and graciously jumped out the window. Eyes wide open and giggling all the way down.
"That was amazing! Can we do it again?" She asked sounding hopeful.
"We can jump out the window all day if you want darlin' but first we need to hunt." I had to remember she was a newborn. One of a kind newborn but the instincts were still there.
"Alright, alright." She said and took my hand. I squeezed it and set off running north.

We ran for two hours, Bella was irradiating happiness the entire time. I squeezed her hand and slowed down our pace concentrating on the sounds and smells around me.
"Darlin' what do you hear?" I asked. She took a deep breath her eyes wandering on different spots in the woods.
"Everything." She breathed out. "I can hear everything. It's so amazing and confusing at the same time." I smiled and nodded to her.
"Focus on finding a heartbeat." That surprised her but she closed her eyes and swallowed venom. I waited a few seconds and released her hand.
"Go to it, follow your instincts. It's all you need to do." I said softly and she was off running east and I did my best to keep up to her fast pace.

We came across a herd of Elk and watching her hunt was my new favorite thing in the word. She didn't spill a single drop of blood. I was proud and amazed by her behaviour. It seemed like she was decades old though it also made me a bit worried. Her gift and her schooled instincts gave me the impression that I was missing something important. All the years of training newborns for Maria couldn't prepare me for Bella. It's like she was born a Vampire.
'Remarkable.' I thought while forcing myself to stop watching her and go after my own prey. I wasn't feeling the burn in my throat but that didn't mean I could go without blood forever.

We ran back home right after we finished hunting, I couldn't risk staying away and letting my instincts take over, I would claim her right here in the woods if I did. I sighed and reached for her hand, squeezing it tightly. We have forever to be together in every way. Forever to claim her over and over again. We had to go back now and find out if Peter and the others felt thirsty again after we left.
I didn't know if I wanted to hear they were or not. It made me nervous. If this was some sort of gift, how does it work? How will we be able to find out? Even calling Eleazar would be dangerous... this gift, if that is what this is could bring the Volturi and every other Vampire down on us.

I have to protect my mate.

A/N: Thanks all for your reviews! You are awesome. This update took me a little longer than I expected! RL stuff getting in the way with the Holy Week and all that! I hope you will all like this chapter! Hope it makes sense too _ It did in my head! Bella and Jasper will be epic! You'll see.

Next chapter will be on Peter's PoV again I think. I miss him too much! It will probably be a long one too since the Cullens will arrive! Next update will be ready in a couple of days.